Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-20
THE PRESIDHN'F.
President Cleveland and His Ccmpan-
ions Drive Over From Cazan0via
to Fayetteville
The President Finds he Is Unable 30
Shake Hands WIN all so nakes
Them 3 Lille Speech.
&c Goes Back 70 HIS BOyh0OG Deys and
Recalls by Name His Ola Friends, neuy
whom are Now Dsad.


whom are Now Dsad,
FAYETTEVILLE, n. Y, JAY 1o.-This
beautiful village, the boyhooi home Of
Grover Cleveland, was to-day brilliantly
deG0yated with national col0rs as G sign
OF popular greeting 10 the republic Press
dent Large delegations from Syracuse
and adjacent villages and towns came ia
during the forenoon until the village
streets were 0VeTCrOHded with curious
crowds. Tne residences and business
houses were prOfuScly decorated. TEE
| old Cleveland home, the school
house and academy where he attended
were ell suitably dtckcd, IS
also was the plain homestead Of AIra.
IIOyt, the Presidents sister, TIE Pfesi-
dental party, Including Mr.. and lIrs.
Cleveland and Secretary FsirClIld, drove
here from CszenOyis IeisuTely, making 8
/ two hours ride through the delightful re-
giou. They reached here shortly before
noon, driving tarcugh the multitude IL
Main stree. to Mrs. UOyt's residence 4
committee 81 acgUGintsncGs received and
escorted the President. ; large delcgs-
tion of Syracu-iG1s IT. carriages and
on horseback wSS drawn up
neaT TIE Hoyt residence, aud
tho party passed through the lines.
Public reception took place gu hour later
~ Clinton park whittier President and
Mrs. Cleveland were escorted by e Dro-
ccSston headed by the Syracuse police,
followed hJ a. escort or 100 citiZ5rs OF
Fayetteville end the village authorities.
Howard *. Edwards, tle bcvhCCd com
p.uion of the President, made a brief ed
dress OF welcome. TEa President beia-
Introduced to tie large audience made his
acknowledgment by = formal and brief
speech in "hicn bG referred 10 the times
q his blyb9Oa, etc. Then ne and Mrs.
Cleveland stepped - the front q the
pistiorD aGd fut two hours received TIE
"a, utGtio15 OF me people.
At O'clock DO mere than 1000 Of those
present had shaken the Presidents HAND.
auG Is il : emed impossible 20 greet
them al personally he made q
short speech, substantially IS ful-
lows: "My friends, see shat il
il impossible in the Snort space
sl,ot.ed 10 shaSe al by the band and
an unwilling 20 leave you without civ
ing some recognition to eli. | am uu-
changed to-day, Gs far as my feelings axe
concerned towards the people OF FayettP-
vile, and IL is with extreme gratitude
that I an with you. 1 ind myself IN
place, above ali others, Gear to me at the
present time. II WSs here that I 81 loved
every pleasure, sport and P9stime Of my
boyhOOd. I must recall 30 the minds f
the citizens OF FsYetts vile some Of In.
changes siuce forty years ago. Very
many OF my friends Of that time are dead. /
l was reminded to-day OF 9 number Of +
deaths on the north side ofyour principal |.
street, between the bridge and tde street on /
which l used 10 turn down 10 the old |
pa,sOuage, and l was astouishcd. Among /.
tause VINO are gone whom I can reCa /
ere Mr.. Cobb, Mr.. Parker, Mr.. Gillette, /
the McFickers, WCrdeDs, Paimers, Ed |
wards, Mobiles, the Hurds, Flints, and /
many others. There are other things /
inst recall the scenes and incidents Of |
my bOyhUCd beside the dead. I remem-
Der Green lake, and tbe fish that I tried .
to catch and never caught, and which, I |
suppose, are there to-day. Yes, and | i
the story of the panther seen
OF the shore and how scared was. But
have heard so much bowling for the
past two years that do not think the
panther would Tighten me now.
could tell some Of the Old residents Vi
Fayetteville whose front gates
took Of forty years ago.
mention this thing IS
since nave been in Washington l have
Ieen accused Of so many crimes, that the
.3kin@ off Of gates seems to me almost g
'irCue. l received my first rudime1ts Of
education IN Fayetteville, and these, with
he Sunday school and religious influ-
noes, are all brought back fresh to my
mind All of these remembranCeS nave
zone with me through every station of life
{ is pleasure 10 recall in tetrOspection
and these days of so many
ears ago are the fairest and mC9J pieas-
Mt memories that my mind dWeils upon.
have taken you and tie village OF Fay
tteville with me. You are part of this
l have been bad trusn-,
nut | ask that you keep an eye on
ne. promise 10 perform my duties so
: TO receive the appreciation Of the peO-
lie OF Fayetteville, my Oldest and cest
riends"
With these words President Cleveland
RGe his hearers sdieu. The crowd was !
ot satisfied, however, and there were
Oud Csl!s for Secretary Fsuchild, who
hen stepped forward and said: "Friends
nd neigh0ors Of Fayetteville; thank
GU very much for remembering me on
his day SO fraught with interest TO you,
7hen you have here with you such 9 dis
inguished citizen and friend, VINO has
onierred so much honor on this town.
link as time goes past, you viii sll feel
lore proud of him. l thank you for
Mentioning my name in such pleasant
nd ct such a time"
After dinner with Mrs. Hoyt at about 5
CLOCK e party started on their
Jay back to CaZenOvia. They
viii take their special tram at
80 O'Clock this evening for Washing
On, making brief stop at Courtlsndt,
here Colonel Lamont will Join them.
NrPrn KniRhfa